niebla

/[ˈnjeβ̞la]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,415

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

niebla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Concentración de pequeñas gotas de agua a nivel del suelo que reduce de forma importante la visibilidad. Pronounced [ˈnjeβ̞la]. It ranks #8,415 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with niega and nieta.

Key facts for niebla
PropertyValue
Headwordniebla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnjeβ̞la]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,415
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of niebla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for niebla is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnjeβ̞la]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,415 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Concentración de pequeñas gotas de agua a nivel del suelo que reduce de forma importante la visibilidad.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for niebla, with forms such as "inebla", "neibla", and "nibela". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "niega", "nieta", "nieva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is niebla, spelled N-I-E-B-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Concentración de pequeñas gotas de agua a nivel del suelo que reduce de forma importante la visibilidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inebla,neibla,nibela,niebal,niebbla,nieblla,nielba,nievla,nniebla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for niebla

Misspelling Variants of "niebla"

inebla6neibla6nibela6niebal6niebbla7nieblla7nielba6nievla6
Misspelling Variants of "niebla"

Frequency rank: #8,415 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "niebla"?
"niebla" is spelled N-I-E-B-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnjeβ̞la].
What does "niebla" mean?
As a noun, "niebla" means: Concentración de pequeñas gotas de agua a nivel del suelo que reduce de forma importante la visibilidad.
What words are commonly confused with "niebla"?
"niebla" is commonly confused with "niega", "nieta", "nieva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "niebla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "niebla" is [ˈnjeβ̞la]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "niebla" come from?
"niebla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.